title: Suicide risk and exposure to mobbing.
abstract: The aim of this study was to study suicide risk in subjects exposed to mobbing, that is, systematic psychological harassment in the workplace. Such psychological harassment, unique to the workplace, threatens both the emotional well-being and professional ability of its victims. The items of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) that assess suicide risk were studied in 102 individuals who were exposed to mobbing. The results indicated that individuals exposed to mobbing had clear differences on the MMPI-2 from normative samples. In addition, those who appeared to be at risk for suicide differed in their scores from those not at risk. Implications for psychopathology and suicide preventions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pompili
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Innamorati
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Pisa
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iliceto
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Puccinno
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fiori Nastro
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tatarelli
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012919:Social Behavior; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*